Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-07 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher:. Faber and Faber India is on the up Historically derided as the lumbering elephant of Asia. this vast sub-continent has quickened its pace The economy is booming. . Tens of millions have been pulled out of poverty. Software and service companies abound. Millionaire entrepreneurs are springing up at every turn. Bollywood is going global and Indian expats are flooding back home. Whats more. these changes are occurring within the worlds largest democracy -. a far cry from neighbouring China But who and what lies behind Indias apparent ascendencyIn India Rising Oliver Balch takes the voices and stories of everyday Indians and presents a fresh. vivid. highly personalised account of the changes as they are unfolding.Travelling the length and breadth of the country. Balch leads readers off the tourist trail and... - from Amzon